The book is dedicated to one of the most dramatic pages in the history of England - the Wars of the Roses, a series of dynastic armed conflicts from 1455 to 1485 that unfolded during the struggle for power between the two branches of the Plantagenet dynasty - Lancaster and York - and ended with the victory of Henry Tudor from a side branch of the Lancastrians, the founder of the dynasty which then ruled England for over a hundred years. In examining such a controversial historical period, David Grummitt consistently reveals the perspectives of contemporary historians, using extensive, up-to-date evidence, including his own research. Talking about this confrontation in an accessible form and reviewing the historical sources devoted to it, the author presents the War of the Roses in the context of the personal experience of contemporaries of the events and shows the changes in society that it caused. The book is equipped with family trees, a map, a timeline and An extensive bibliography structured by topic will be useful to students of higher educational institutions and their teachers, as well as to anyone interested in English history.